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Gabriel Axel
Axel Gabriel Erik Mørch, better known as Gabriel Axel was a Danish director, actor and writer. He spent most of his childhood and youth in Paris. In 1942 Axel was admitted to the acting school at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. After a short period of theatre in Paris, he returned to Denmark and began in 1951 to direct television drama. Following a series of more or less erotic films and broadly popular comedies, Axel in 1977 launched a prolific career as a director of French TV films, culminating in 1985 with a historical five-episode series, "Les colonnes du ciel/Heaven's Pillars". In 1987, Axel returned to Denmark to direct what had been his dream project for over 15 years, an adaptation of Karen Blixen's "Babette's Feast." After screening at the Cannes film festival, the film became a worldwide success and won the 1988 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Gabriel Axel directed some 25 feature films and 50 tv-movies. He appeared in about 25 films.
As director
Leïla
Lumière & Company
Prince of Jutland
Christian
Babette's Feast
Le Curé de Tours
Le Coq de Bruyère
Going for Broke
A Crime of Our Times
The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank
The Goldcabbage Family
Soft Shoulders, Sharp Curves
Med kærlig hilsen
Amour
Sex and the Law
The Red Mantle
Paradise and Back
Dannevirkenatten
Vi har det jo dejligt
Three Girls in Paris
Crazy Paradise
Oskar
Skærmydsler
Flemming and Kvik
Helle for Helene
The Girls Are Willing
Møde ved midnat
En kvinde er overflødig
Henrik and Pernille
Always Trouble
As actor
Fra "Harlekin" til "Krøniken": 60 års TV-drama
Going for Broke
The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank
Nu går den på Dagmar
Med kærlig hilsen
The Reluctant Sadist
Dyden går amok
En ven i bolignøden
Three Girls in Paris
Han, hun, Dirch og Dario
Peter's baby
Styrmand Karlsen
Kispus
The bride from Dragstrup
Der kom en dag
Himlen er blaa
Kongeligt besøg
Jan går til filmen
Karen, Maren og Mette
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